I looked over it once more and edited it, sorry that I didn't do it before, but this is my first published story
Also there are changes in POV, but it is mainly in first person after the first chapter
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-becasoras
(Victoria's POV)
It has been five and a half years since I was introduced into the Red Room, and Anika and I had become as close as sisters, which was forbidden, but we didn't care. We always met in secret, to cover our training wounds and talk about most anything, we were both just about alone in the world, and only had each other with was all that we needed. Today we weren't careful enough, I guess, and someone found us, her name was Yenna. I had beat the girl in a fight a few months ago, and it almost cost her life, but it had also hurt her pride, she was a few years older than me and it was embarrassing to be beaten by someone younger and smaller. She had been after my blood ever since trying to figure out everything I did, trying to find something to get me killed. She had followed us, bursting into the storage closet just as Ankia was rapping one the cuts I had on my arm and ran away before we knew what was going on. We knew we couldn't stay there, but Yenna saw our faces and that was enough, hugging each other tightly, we parted ways, both fearing the near future that held our lives in its hands.
H-H-H
To both of our relief, nothing had come from Yenna bursting in on us and tonight we were in our usual spot, it had been a few weeks since the terrifying event and we were being reckless with our secret friendship. That night, we were saying our goodbyes, when the doors burst open and the General came in with a few of the guards, him and Yenna leading the group.
"Thank you Yenna, your help is much appreciated, you are dismissed." He said, never taking his narrowed eyes off of Ankia and myself. Yenna threw me a smirk and went her merry way and we were left at the legendary wrath of the General. He had guards grab us each by the hair and drag us through the compound out into the gated area where no one ever was allowed because it was outdoors, the situation reminding me of James Potter all those years ago. I breathed in a breath of fresh air, I hadn't been outside since I was about four, and it was raining. Despite the rain and the impending darkness of imminent death, it felt good . They threw us both in the mud and as we stood up they threw us each a knife which we both caught due to ours years of training.
"To the death." Was all the General said, and when we didn't move he pulled out a gun," Or I'll kill the both of you." I looked back at Anika, who had tears in her eyes, or maybe it was just the rain, but after a few moments, she lunged at me. I fought back, but I could tell she was holding back for me, she wanted me to live, she was sacrificing herself for me. The fight then started get more heated and intense, I had her on the ground, and blinded by adrenaline, I stabbed her in the stomach, I realized what I had done, but only when it was to late. Getting up off of her, felt hot, salty tears roll down my face as I held her in my arms for the very last time.
"Why did you not stop me?" I asked, knowing full and well she could've.
"I hope you have a good life." She said, and a single tear fell from her eyes as she went slack in my grip.
"I love you!" I screamed into the cold night air, and it was true, she wasn't just my sister, but my first crush. I stuck my knife in the ground and kissed my the woman I had loved on the forehead, feeling the warmth fade. She was the only person who really loved me, the only one who ever really understood me and now she growing cold in my embrace, her blood mixing with the rain. Letting go, I felt something inside of me harden; I stood up, walking past all the spectators without a word and slowly went back inside, leaving the knife out side with my Anika's stone cold corpse and my heart. That night, before I fell asleep, I vowed to myself to never trust or love anyone ever again, not like I did with Anika.
H-H-H
It had been an entire year since the death of Anika and I was at the top of the entire compound. My murderous rage had focused me, and I defeated everyone in my path ruthlessly and without mercy, I had now committed to many murders to count and I didn't care one bit. Now, no one could beat me anymore and it beautiful to know that if anyone dared to challenge me I could slit their throat in seconds, but everyone was to afraid to even think about it. I had mastered the use of daggers, swords, every kind of gun, katakana and more, there was nothing left to do except practice, kill and go on various missions for the General. Every mission I had been on, had been a success I had finished the entire program in six years, it was record. A few days ago, they told me about an experiment they would be doing on me, they didn't give an option, they just told me that everyone else who had tried had died.
H-H-H
Five days before the experiment, I got my magic back and started to train with it in secret, using to enhance everything I did, making everything deadly, even a punch to the face could be magnified enough to shatter every bone in the person's skull.
"Victoria, it's time." The General said, he loved me, I was his favorite student, and I never did anything wrong so, he was always nice to me and called me by my preferred name unlike everyone else he called by their number.
We walked through the compound at a swift pace and finally arrived at the infirmary. The doctor greeted us when we walked in and handed me a medical gown which I put on and climbed on the cold metal table, taking a calming breath as the latched me down with leather straps. I had no fear, I was numb, but I did want this to go quick, there was only two out comes, death or greatness.
"If you kill her Doc, you'll won't live another second." The General said calmly but with force, and the Doc gave a tense nod, knowing his life was on the line. Him and his nurses grabbed the tubes full of the silvery liquid, that looked just like mercury, and hooked it up to my arms and legs. He started the machine up, and the liquid started going into the my system and everything faded into nothingness.
H-H-H
(Third Person POV)
The doctor started to sweat a little as the small girl on the table started to convulse, her heart rate speeding up and flattened out after a few minutes, and the General pounced in the doctor, taking a knife out in a blink of an eye.
"I told you, I would kill you!" He screamed, losing his cool for the first time in years. Just as he was about to bring the knife across the doctor's throat, he heard a gasp and the monitor started once again, showing a steady heart beat. He smiled, slowly putting the knife back in it's sheath and getting off of the doctor and looking back at his favorite trainee.
"That was close Doc." He said with small smirk from the relief on the doctor's face. Looking closer at his prized, he noticed that she looked a bit different. Her hair was dark cherry like a night auburn, falling around her in waves, her body was slimmer, her legs longer, like a cat. Suddenly she took a deep shuddering breath and opened her eyes which were now bigger and the color of bright emeralds, flecked with the silver color of serum.
"I'm alive." She said surprise, but not necessarily relieved. She then calmly jumped off the table only to fall down on her knees and let out a small whimper of pain; the doctor rushed to her side, but as soon as he got there, two large objects burst from her back. She collapsed on the floor, looking behind her at the big, bloody things that stuck out from her upper back that was now torn to ribbons. She rushed over to the sink and started to clean them with the help of some the nurses as the doctor and General observed them from a distance. Once they were clean and dry you could see that they were large black wings, each feather lined with silver the same color of the flecks in her eyes. When she stretched them out, they went across the room, each wing about six feet, and the same height as her if not a couple inches taller. She turned back to the people in the room, and the remaining nurses who had not helped her were looking at her in awe, but the General was indifferent.
"Come, you need rest." He said, and they walked out like nothing had happened.
That night, she thought about her new wings and knew they were because of her magic reacting with the serum. She felt lighter, but also stronger like if she were to run she could reach the speed of light, but like she could also lift up this entire compound if she so pleased. The General was right though, she was very tired, but that was probably because of the stress and pain.
H-H-H
(Victoria's POV)
The next morning was interesting to say the least. When I woke up and looked in the mirror my hair was bright, bubblegum pink, which sickened me, and my eyes orange looking like a cats! I almost screamed, despite my training. Thinking back to my time with the Potter's I remembered my cousin Dora. who could change what she looked like at will, she was called a Metamorphagus. I guess I was one to, I closed my eyes and focused on my appearance and what I wished to look about. When I opened my eyes once more, I saw that I looked normal again. I was suddenly grateful that I went to sleep so early yesterday because it was now four in the morning and training didn't start for another two hours. For the next couple of hours, I worked on mastering my powers and hiding my wings to appear completely normal. Fifteen minutes before I had to go I went back to myself, sans wings, looking at my new emerald eyes they seemed to fit my face better than my previous muddy brown ones. I got dressed, cutting two big gashes in the back of my tank top and walked to my personal training with the General, only he could teach me anything now.
When I got there we immediately started by me taking out my wings and practicing with them. The didn't hurt my fighting one bit, the serum made me faster and stronger and the wings helped me adding glide and they were very powerful to they could knock back a man easily, along with that there's also the shock factor when I take them out. The interesting thing about my wings though, was one time the General was coming at me and I didn't have any weapons, but suddenly my wings turned completely silver and a few feathers were flung straight at him, hitting his right arm and one of his cheeks which started to gush blood. He was very pleased that my wings were weapons and made me practice with them instead of normal weapons after that, when I couldn't get them to go metal again he took out a whip, and it wasn't very long after that. Lasing after lashing, my wings turned into metal and soon enough, to both the General and my own pleasure, I was able to turn them completely metal at will.
H-H-H
Today I had a mission, me and two other girls were flying to Paris to get rid of some sensitive information, and I was escaping. I packed up all my things, shrinking them down to fit in a small backpack and left my room, not even looking back at the place I had spent the last six and a half years. I had one stop before I left for the plane and I was very eager about. I put a silencing spell on my feet and unlocked the door of the room with ease, walking inside with absolute no resistance. The room was empty, but the bathtub was running in the private bathroom. I walked in to see Yenna in the bath and I smiled a wicked smile of revenge, one the barbarian tribes would have as they watched Ancient Rome burn to the ground. She didn't even see me until I came up behind her and covered her mouth with my gloved hand, putting a knife to her throat..
"Guess who?" I whispered in a high pitched voice in her ear, laughing when she started sobbing in fear when I pressed my knife harder into her neck, drawing some blood."Do you remember my lovely Anika? No? Well you should, you killed her!" On the last word I sliced her throat the blood getting all over my gloves and I used it to write my lovers name on the wall, only letting one tear fall as I disposed of my gloves and left, never looking back to see Yenna's limp body laying in the crimson bath water as I traveled through the empty halls of the compound, getting on the private jet silently.
H-H-H
We were getting ready for the mission, a mission that would never be completed, a mission that would leave behind two dead bodies not three, and that was because I was leaving. One of the girls had left, to check us out as the other was finishing packing in her room that was right next to mine. She left the room and I walked in hiding in the now empty closet. When she walked in again to grab the bags I shut the door and locked it with my magic, and as she turned to see why it had closed I walked up behind her and slit her throat no finger prints, no screams, just a lot of blood. I grabbed a small duffel bag which I filled with all the money we had been given, which was somewhere around 200,000 USD that would hold me over for a good bit of time. I heard the front door open and snuck out of the room leaving the bleeding corpse to turn the plush white carpet red, ambushing the second girl and killing her swiftly. I cleaned the little bit of blood off of me and changed my features, walking out of the fancy hotel, once I was a couple hundred feet from it I pressed a button and blew off the top via the bomb I had placed in our room. I was sneaky about this, I had even placed an extra body to look like I had died with them, because I knew that the General would hunt for me and I didn't want to be followed.
H-H-H
I had hitch hiked back to England stowing away on a small ferry that took me across the water and then I went straight to Diagon Alley and into Gringotts. When I walked up to the teller desk, the goblin seemed to somehow recognize me, which was unusual because I had only been here once before when I was very little and I was now under a disguise.
"Ah, Ms. Potter." He said, I covered up my surprise nicely, but that didn't mean I wasn't utterly astonished under my cool mask.
"I'm here for a blood and inheritance test, then to get emancipated." I said, getting straight to the point, I didn't have any time to waist. He gave me a nod, summoning a goblin that took me down a long, stone corridor deep into the bank where we stopped outside two large, dark oak doors. Walking inside was not what I expected, everything was all marble and stone, even the chairs. I sat down and the goblin that had escorted me left me alone with the other goblin who was sitting across from me behind a large black marble desk.
"You're here for a blood test and to be emancipated, is that correct?" He asked and I just simply nodded my head. "Okay, lets start then, we have to do the blood test first to see what houses you belong to, I'll need your palm if I could." Holding out my right palm, the pulled out a bronze dagger and a piece of parchment, and slashed my palm without hesitance or pain, letting my blood drip onto the parchment then letting it heal itself. Soon enough words started to appear on the parchment.
Name: Anastasia Victoria Barton- Potter
Age: 12
Blood status: Half- blood
Mother: Natasha Romanov
Father: Clint Barton
Adoptive Father: James Potter
Adoptive Mother: Lily Potter
Heir ships:
Potter (second in-line)
Pervelle
Ravenclaw
Slytherin
Lefay
Romanov
Magical Abilities:
Flight
Shadow Travel
Metamorphagus
Fire Elemental
I stared at the page in covered shock once more, I'm not a Potter? Who were Clint Barton and Natasha Romanov? Charlus wasn't my twin? Why was I with the Potters anyway? These questions whirled around in my head, but I took a breath and focused myself.
"Now, the emancipation, all you have to do is accept your Ladyship's and you'll be a legal adult." The goblin said, simple enough, he then took out five rings and I accepted them all one at a time. I left feeling content, no one could touch me now, I was an adult and a wealthy one at that with lots of power. I also had the list of properties I now owned which the goblin kindly gave me and decided to try one, but first I had to try out this shadow travel thing. I had read about the different special abilities a witch or wizard could have when they were younger, but I never expected to have any of them. I went into a dark alley, closing my eyes and focused on the shadows and my magic willing it to put me across the alley. I felt a slit whoosh and when I opened my eyes, I was where I focused on being only moments ago to. I spent the next hour practicing until I was confidant in my skills in the art of shadow traveling and shadow magic. I looked at the list and saw Lefay castle, it was in Wales, but had some of the best wards I had ever seen, also, in my many journey through Wales I had grown to love the rolling hills and tall oaks. I concentrated and soon I was standing in front of black polished gates, pressing my ring to the lock, I was pleased when I heard the small click and it opened imeadatly. The grounds were beautiful with a beach and an orchard, but also many other things. I was only a few feet in when a house elf popped in and smiled at me.
"I'm Missy, miss, and we're happy you're here. Would you like tour?" She asked and I nodded, she then lead me through the entire castle. It had fifteen bedrooms, each with their own bathrooms, twelve of which were in the west wing. The master and heirs bedrooms also had their own living room, study, and the master had their personal library they were in the East wing. Along with the master and heirs bedrooms, the east wing was filled with the real library, which took up most of the wing, with a few studies, and other miscellaneous rooms. The south wing was where the kitchens, the formal dining room, the formal living room, and the two ballrooms were. Lastly, there was the dungeons where there was a huge potions lab, but my favorite was the numerous weapon practice rooms, dueling rooms, and armory which was updated, but also had some very ancient weapons to, all in perfect condition. It was like I was in a dream.